St Mark's CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Natland, Kendal, Westmorland and Furness
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
Not published
From Westmorland and Furness Council · offers on 16 April 2025
2024 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Mark's CofE Primary School is a primary school in Natland, Kendal, Westmorland and Furness for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 16 February 2023. Westmorland and Furness has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2025 entry.
St Mark's CofE Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2025 | Not published |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 79% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%), and 16% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- For 2026 Reception entry there were 27 first-choice applications for 27 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- Ofsted's latest outcome, on 16 February 2023, was that the school remains Good.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Westmorland and Furness schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Oxenholme Lane, Natland, Natland, Kendal, LA9 7QH
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Westmorland and Furness
- Pupils on roll
- 184 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 7.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 16 February 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy at St Mark’s Church of England Primary School.”
- “Governors’ and leaders’ values permeate through the school and are reflected in the positive attitudes of pupils.”
- “Pupils are polite, friendly and welcoming.”
To improve
- “This is because they have not broken down the essential knowledge that pupils should learn into smaller steps of learning.”
- “In these subjects, pupils do not build their knowledge as successfully.”
- “However, in a small number of subjects, leaders have not developed effective assessment strategies for teachers to check if pupils are learning and remembering the intended curriculum.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 April 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 79% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 27 first-preference applications, 27 offers in total, 27 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Westmorland and Furness.
- Heron Hill Primary School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Dean Gibson Catholic Primary School, Kendal 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Vicarage Park CofE Primary School 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Crosscrake CofE Primary School 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ghyllside Primary School 1.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Castle Park School 2.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Stramongate Primary School 2.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Old Hutton CofE School 2.4 mi Good Last distance published